Game.



M. MARIS.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED ]AN.25, I915.

1 1 ,333 Patented May 4, 1915.

THE NOQR. PETERS 60., FHOTuLITHa, WASHINGTON n UNIT MAXIMILIEN MARIE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GAME.

Application filed January 25, 1915.

game board of improved construction, and

the primary object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedgame apparatus which may be adapted for use in playing a variety of games.

A further object is to provide an im vproved form of game apparatus especially adapted for the amusement and recreation of adults, as the game may be developed to require as high a degree of skill as is required, for example, in playing the familiar ,games of chess or checkers, although the invention adapts itself well for the amusement and recreation of children.

For the attainment of these ends and to accomplish certain other new and useful objects which will appear, the invention con- .sists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts of the game board and playing pieces as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred embodiment of the in- 'vention.

' In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the essential designations of the game'board; and Figs. 2 to 5 inclusive illustrate classes of game pieces and the :manner of marking them.

The markings indicating the essential features of the top of the game board shown in Fig. 1 may be applied to a board of any desired construction, the board itself not being herein shown. The outline of the marked portion of the board shown in Fig. 1 is preferably square in form as indicated by the marginal lines 10 of the drawing,

these lines 10 marking the outer boundaries of the game portion of the board which is divided by four intermediate spaced parallel lines designated by the J reference character 11, into twenty-five squares of equal size, since the lines 11 are all parallel and one set of four intermediate lines extends at right angles to the other set of four inter- Specifica'tion of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1915.

Serial No. 4,087.

bands of much greater width than the lines 10 and 11, preferably colored blue, as indicated on the drawing and designated by the reference character 12. These blue lines therefore extend as diagonals of the four corner squares of the board. Along each longitudinal side of the board and connecting the two intermediate intersections of the lines 10 and 11, there is a color band similar to the bands 12 designated by the reference character 13 and preferably colored red as indicated on the drawing. This color band red is extended to connect also the second intersections of the lines 10 and 11 from each corner of the board or intersection of the boundary lines 10, thediagonal portions of the color band 13 being therefore parallel with the color bands 12.

It is preferred in forming my improved game board, after the same is laid off in squares by the intersecting lines 10 and 11, to join all intersections by diagonal lines as illustrated in the drawing, bythe diagonal black lines which are not given designating characters. This construction enables the blue and red color bands'12 and 13 to be formed as illustrated in Fig. 1 on the inner periphery of these diagonal lines and on the inside of the boundary lines 10. On the interior of the color band 13 the square formed by the intersection of the diagonal lines joining the centers of the four intermediate squares at each side of the board, is a third color band colored preferably blue or any other desired color like the outer diagonal bands 12 which it parallels, the same being designated by the reference character 14. The diagonal lines joining the centers of the four squares immediately surrounding the center square of the board, are joined with a fourth color band, preferably colored red like the outer color band 12 and designated by the reference character 15. The elongated rectangular spaces lying immediately between the color bands 14 and 15, of a length equal to the b'ands'15, are colored black or other suitable difierentiating color as indicated by the q reference character 16. The center square of the board bounded by the lines 11 and inscribed within the color band square 15, is termed the home square, and in order that this center home square may be plainly marked, the interior portions thereof at the corners intersected by the bands 15, may be given a distinguishing color, as indicated at the corners 17, while at the centerof the square and at the intersection of the diagonals thereof, there may be a small mark or square similarly colored, as indicated at 18.

The game pieces which I prefer to use in connection with my improved game board, are thirty-six in number and are designated in Figs. 2 to 5 inclusive as being of two colors, as, for example, blue and red. Nine pieces of the color blue are marked with the letter A; nine of the same color are marked with the letter C; nine of the red pieces are marked with the letter B; and nine of the same color are marked with the letter D. These game pieces obviously may be rectangular in form as illustrated or they may be circular in form, or of any other desired form, so that they are properly colored and. provided with designating letters or characters as indicated.

The four corners of the board are designated generally by the reference characters A, B, G, and D, and the fields of the board adjacent these corners may be known as field A, field B, field C and field D. The game pieces divided into four groups of nine pieces each are placed on the board, nine at each corner field, as indicated on the drawing adjacent the field A, where, for convenience, I have designated the original positions of the pieces A on the corner field A by squares designated by the reference character a. It will be seen that in the field A the nine pieces in blue marked with the designation A- will be placed where indicated by the squares a at the intersections of the parallel and diagonal lines, and that one of these'original positions will fall at the extreme corner A of the board, and three of these positions will be disposed along the blue line 12, with the remaining five positions at the intersections along the red color band 13. In a similar manner, all of the pieces marked B will be placed together at the corner marked B; those marked 0 at the corner marked C; and those marked Dat the field adjacent the corner marked D.

The game can be played by two or four persons. If by two, each player takes a color, if by four persons, each player takes a letter, the two of the same color being partners.

In playing the game, one color takes the other color with regard to the game pieces. The A pieces move first, then B, then C, and thenD; then A again and so on in turn.

Each player moves one piece at a time one point. Each intersection of a line is called a point or space and by this is meant intersections of either the boundary lines or diagonals of the original twenty five squares of the board, without regard to the color designations, with the exception that the colored fields 16 are dead spaces and cannot be occupied, but there are points or intersections all around these spaces 16 wherever there is an intersection of a line, which may be occupied. A piece moving from corner A, B, C, or D, cannot move back to that corner but may travel on the first blue line 12 back and forth from one point to another. As soon as it reaches the first red line 13, it cannot move back to the blue line it first left, but can travel all around the board on the red line. Then, after it reaches the second blue line, it cannot move back to the red line just left but may travel all around on that line. At last if it reaches the second red line it may travel to any point in that square but may not move from it. The taking of the pieces takes place in any direction in a straight line, even backward, when a piece of a. color stands in front of one of another color not supported from behind, and taking is accomplished by jumping over the piece to be taken and taking the place behind it. Any piece thus moving may take as many pieces as it finds unsupported. Taking is obligatory When a letter has been all taken off the board, the next inorder plays, as, for example, whenC is all taken, then D plays, then A, then B, then D, etc. The object of the game is to place in the center square, on the points designated 17 and 18, five pieces of the same color, and the first side accomplishing this wins the game.

In order that the invention might be understood, the details of the preferred em bodiment have been shown and particularly described, but it will be apparent that persons skilled in the art may resort to various modifications without departing from the purpose and spirit of the invention, and it is not desired to be limited to the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated and described.

I claim:

1. A game apparatus, consisting of a board provided with a diagram comprising an outer square which is divided into a plurality of inner squares of equal sizes by a plurality of parallel. lines also parallel with the sides of the outer square, each of the said inner squares being divided by their diagonals, certain of said diagonals being variously colored or otherwise designated to, divide the space within the outer square into a plurality of zones or fields.

2. A game apparatus consisting of a board provided with a diagram comprising an outer square, said outer square being divided into a plurality of inner squares of equal size by lines extending parallel with and intersecting the sides of said outer square, the said inner squares being divided by their diagonals, certain of the said diagonals of the inner squares being colored to divide the board into a plurality of fields.

3. A game apparatus consisting of a board provided with a diagram comprising an outer square and a series of inner squares of uniform size arranged within the outer squareby a plurality of dividing lines extending parallel with the sides of the outer square, each of the said equalinner squares being divided by its diagonals, means for designating the intersections of the sides,

and diagonals of the inner central square of the board, means for designating the square circumscribed about the said inner central square, its sides being bisected by the corners of the said inner central square, and a plurality of fields surrounding the said inner squares being formed by variously colored bands extending along the diagonals of the said inner squares.

4:. A game apparatus consisting of a board provided with a diagram comprising an outer square and a series of inner squares of uniform size arranged Within the outer square by a plurality of dividing lines extending parallel with the sides of the outer square, each of the said equal inner squares being divided by its diagonals, means for designating the intersections of the sides and diagonals of the inner central square of the board, means for designating the square circumscribed about the said inner central square its sides being bisected by the corners of the said inner central square, a plurality of fields surrounding the said inner squares being formed of variously colored bands extending along the diagonals of the said inner squares, and a plurality of game pieces divided into groups of two color designations and each of said color groups being divided into two groups distinguished by different character designations.

5. A game apparatus consisting of a board provided with a diagram comprising an outer square divided into a plurality of equal inner squares by lines extending parallel with the sides of the said outer square, the corners of the various equal inner squares being connected by diagonal lines, color design ations for indicating the central inner square, a color designation for distinguishing the square formed by the diagonals of the squares surrounding the said inner square, a second colored square surrounding the first said colored square being bounded by the diagonals of the next succeeding outer tier of inscribed squares and designated by a different color band from the first said colored square, colored fields bounded by the sides of the two said colored ing the aforesaid inner colored bands being squares, and outer colored bands surrounformed paralleb therewith and diagonal lines of the said inscribed squares.

6. game apparatus consisting of a board provided with a diagram comprising an Outer square and a series of inner squares of uniform size formed by dividing lines parallel with and intersecting the sides of the said outer square, the corners of the said inscribed squares being connected by their diagonal lines, certain of the said diagonal lines being variously colored to designate various fields within the said'outer square.

7. A game apparatus consisting of a board provided with a diagram comprising an outer square and a series of inner squares of uniform size formed by dividing lines parallel with the sides of the said outer square, the corners of the said inscribed squares being connected by their diagonal lines, certain of the said diagonal lines being variously colored to designate various fields within the said outer square, and a plurality of game pieces adapted to be used in conjunction with saidboard and consisting of two groups of pieceseach group provided with different distinguishing colors and each group being divided into two equal groups by character designations.

8. A game apparatus consisting of aboard provided with a diagram comprising an outer square being divided into a plurality of equal inner squares by division lines extending parallel with the sides of the outer square, each of the said inner squares being provided with bisecting diagonal lines, means for designating the central square, means for designating the square circumscribed around the central square of the. board which coincides with the diagonals of the square surrounding the said central square, a color band formed coincidently with the square formed by the diagonals of the squares contiguous to the four corners of the central square and extending into adjacent squares, and other color bands distinguished from the aforesaid color bands by different color designations and being formed along the progressive diagonals of the squares toward the outer edge of the board and parallel with the said inner color bands.

9. A game apparatus consisting of a board provided with a diagram comprising an outer square being divided into a series of inner squares of uniform size by a plurality of lines parallel with and intersecting the sides of the outer squares, the said inner squares being divided each by its intersecting diagonal lines, and color designations for indicating the intersections of each of the lines forming the inner squares and the diagonals thereof, the said color designations being extended in the form of bands coinciding with the parallel diagonals of the inner squares.

10. A game apparatus consisting of a board provided with a diagram comprising an outer square being divided into a series of inner squares of uniform size by a plurality of lines parallel with the sides of the outer square, the said inner squares being divided each by its intersecting diagonal lines, color designations for indicating the intersections of each of the lines forming the inner squares and the diagonals thereof, the said color designations being extended in the form of bands coinciding with the parallel diagonals of the inner squares, and 15 color fields interposed between certain of the said color band diagonals.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, 011 this 19th day 20 of January, A. D. 1915.

MAXIMILIEN MARIS.

Witnesses:

EDWARD DAVIESON, ARTHUR L. SPRINKLE.

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